Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-03-17

discovery that the pupils had surrepti
tlOusly pinned card on the door after
the school hour, which read: .'Examina
ton day! No visitors admitted this after
noon"
ELECTRICAL heating stoves are being
introduced In France, peculiar feature
of their construction being that the wires
are let through aperatures formed in
plates of refractory clay and plumbago
These plates are not enclosed, but are
left exposed, so that the air can circulate
very freely through the aperture where it
comes In contact with the red hot wires.
wire bobbins are inserted in the apera-
lures, each bobbin forming part of the
electric circuit, and all being connected
for quantity; the bobbins are heated by
the passage of the electric current, and
serve to heat the air as it passes to and
fro over them.
The most delicious chocolate now takes
the place of afternoon tea, Or is handed
at an evening reception when it is desire
ed to have simple elegance. 1t is re-
quired to have tablespoonful of grated
chocolate and the yolk of an egg to each
pint of milk. This should fill four cups.
Bolt the milk and add the paste of the
chocolate, which has been mixed smooth
with a spoonful of water. Put in the
yolk of the egg, simmer for ten minutes,
then add loaf sugar as you think best
and boil up once again. At the last mo-
ment have the whites of the eggs frothed
and stir in about half of them, reserv-
ing the other half, frothed with some
powdered sugar to put in a cream pitcher
and add spoonful from it to the top of
each cun II iS coruo5 Won ,,r -,
crease the proportion of yolks and eggs,
but be careful not to boil any of the
white with the chocolate; it must merely
be added to the steaming beverage as it
comes from the fire.
j. G. WINNER, a well-known matchmaker
of Wilmington, N. c., reports a remark
able discovery. In taking observations
of the sun in his business of regulating
and adjusting chronometers for masters
of vessels arriving at Wilmington, he
found on the Sd inst. that the mean solar
time was 10 minutes 10 6-1O seconds slow
er than it was on the % of February,
when observations were last taken. Win
ner is satisfied that his instruments were
IN perfect order and his calculations cor
rect, and was particular in having the
latter verified by competent parties.
Saturday he telegraphed the result of his
observations to the national observatory.
1t Winner is correct in his observations
and calculations, this loss of time shows
that the earth has been retarded in It's
revolutions in six oays-from Feb 25
to March 80 minutes and 10 6-lO
seconds. This loss of time makes a diff
ference of over 152 miles in calculating
longitude.
SOMETHING of an idea of the magnitude
of the fisheries industry may be gained
from the following figures: In New
England during last year, 1856 vessels,
with an aggregate of lis, 80 tons burden
carrying 1896 men, sold the following
amount of fish: 34,S63,364 pounds of salt
cod, 19,726,433 pounds of fresh cod, 49,
o95 OBJ pounds of other ground fish from
Georges and Browns bank and the New
England shore, 47,443,O76 pounds of
Grand and Western banks salt cod, 49,
394. 694 pounds fresh halibut, 1874 bar
rels of herring, 1926 barrels of salt
35,399 barrels of fresh mack
erel, 7,135 barrels of squid, 915,-
40 pounds of food fish from
traps, nets and boats; 5,17S,535
F EN}Tpnds of fish from traps used for fer
steamers are not complete, but twenty
four of them landed 47O,O22 barrels of
The total amount of food
fish landed in Gloucester last year was
81 ,951, S79 pounds. The grand total, in
Guiding the Atlantic, Pacific and lakes
from the last United States census, is as
follows: Number of vessels, 1902; ton
mage, 178, 1851. which does not include
any tonnage of the lakes or Pacific; num-
Der of boats, 39,302j fishermen employed
afoat, 94,171; number of shore men, 26,
532; fishing products, 1858, 575,0 19
pounds; capital invested, $35, 2O4 $50.